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    work as a director and producer of several popular movie’s including Edward Scissorhands‚ the Nightmare Before Christmas‚ and Alice and Wonderland (2010). His style is often described as dark and gothic‚ but also with a hint of comedy. Tim burton achieves this mood by using music‚ long shots‚ and lighting to give a scene and setting a dark or mysterious feeling. Music‚ specifically non-diegetic music‚ is used in Edward Scissorhands mostly to give scenes a more mysterious or heinous feel. But‚ in one

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    Burton’s films fall under the outcast category. His films are unusually unique. In his films Alice in Wonderland and Edward Scissorhands Burton takes an original idea from his childhood and a common fairytale and pulls out the grim side of the story‚ yet still keeps the film’s child-like feeling. Alice‚ from Alice in Wonderland‚ and Edward from‚ Edward Scissorhands‚ are both characters that are treated as social pariahs and also see the world differently. Tim Burton uses multiple cinematic techniques

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    remarkable films. From Edward Scissorhands‚ where the main character has scissors for hands instead of real hands‚ to Alice in Wonderland‚ where the main character is thrown into a strange land with gruesome creatures and maniac queens‚ Burton’s unique talent of twisting innocent stories into darker‚ more sinister versions‚ is evident. To do so‚ He often incorporates the use of specific cinematic techniques that help

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    angles. Tim Burton uses these cinematic techniques in order to enhance the fact that his characters are dark in many scenes and also to make the viewer feel scared of them. Tim Burton in Edward Scissorshands uses low angles in order to create suspense. For example when Jim yelled at Edward and told him to leave‚ Edward stormed off in rage‚ and started to cut everything in his path and while Edward was on a destructive rampage‚ the camera was getting lowered at the same time. This use of

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    a close up when Kim was hugging Edward. This was such an important thing for Edward because he thought that none could ever him because of his hands. In reality they could never be together because the entire neighborhood now hated Edward and Jim was after him. This ended up actually happening. They both really loved each other but they both knew that they could never be together. The close up provides the audience with the sense of love between the two characters. They both really cared about each

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    Tim Burton‚ in Edward Scissorhands‚ uses non-diegetic sound to help improve the film‚ by creating many different types of tone and mood. Two examples of when Burton uses non diegetic sound to help create mood and tone is when‚ Edward is with Kim‚ and also when Edward has flashbacks. Tim Burton uses non-diegetic sound to help create a warm‚ loving‚ and peaceful mood when Kim and Edward are together after Edward comes home from trying to get away from the cops. This warm‚ loving‚ and peaceful music

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    physical‚ mental‚ or just not being comfortable in your own skin‚ further highlighting the importance of embracing individual differences. This theme is reflected in Mark Haddon’s novel The Curious Incident of the Dog and Tim Burton’s film Edward Scissorhands‚ where both physical and mental difficulties are portrayed and explored. Through these works of fiction‚ readers and viewers are reminded of the significance of acknowledging and celebrating diversity in a world that constantly strives for acceptance

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    Long periods of isolation can transform one into an unordinary member of society. In the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and the film Edward Scissorhands directed by Tim Burton‚ the creature and Edward are unable to evolve into ordinary members of society due to the effects of long periods of isolation. The isolation that both the creature and Edward experience from being alienated by their creators leaves them oblivious when trying to abide by the rules of society. The creature is abandoned

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    because all of the following texts can be found analysed in study guides. If you use a pre-prepared analysis for your related texts realise you will be competing with the thousands of other students who used the exact same text and analysis. Edward Scissorhands My Big Fat Greek Wedding Into the Wild Looking for Alibrandi Shrek The Arrival Mean Girls The Rabbits The Catcher in the Rye Bra Boys

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    is Winona Ryder. She plays the daughter of the new owners of the main character’s house in Beetlejuice. She also plays as the daughter of the family that takes in Edward Scissorhands and the eventual love interest of Edward Scissorhands. Another actor that Tim Burton favors is Johnny Depp. He played in Edward Scissorhands as Edward. He also played a role in Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows as Barnabas Collins and he played as the Mad Hatter in Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland.

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